pc cloning software

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I am using windows xp home version and have installed all basic software.
and would now like to know which program to use to back it up so if
something goes bad I could re-install things in a pinch I was looking for
something that would allow back up to cd and also boot from cd.....and would
there be any problems with activation? I was wondering if nortons ghost
would work or is there something better...
TIA
Victor
 
Victor said:
I am using windows xp home version and have installed all basic software.
and would now like to know which program to use to back it up so if
something goes bad I could re-install things in a pinch I was looking for
something that would allow back up to cd and also boot from cd.....and would
there be any problems with activation? I was wondering if nortons ghost
would work or is there something better...
TIA
Victor
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Your guess is correct.

What you are looking for is an image program like Symantec Norton Ghost or
Drive Image. a Google search will turn up others.
Generally an image program will copy an image to your hard drives to CD, DVD
or another hard drive. If the device you are copying the image to is
external, there may be some compatibity problems between the image program
and the external device. Best to check with programs vendors web site to any
device compatiblity problems.

A image program with either reboot your computer to a version of DOS {not
MS-DOS} to create the image or will create the image from within Windows XP.
Drive Image, for example, will create an image from within Windows XP.
There are those who will not use any image program that does not reboot a a
version of DOS to create the image. I have not had a problem with restoring
an image created within Windows XP {may just have been lucky}. By using a
image program that reboots to a version of DOS, you are assuring that all
files copied have not changed during the image process. The newsletters at
www.langa.com have discussions on both approaches.

Image programs such as Ghost and Drive Image will come with bootable CDs.
You boot your computer with the programs CD and then restore the image. The
image you restored is an bit by bit copy of your drive at the time the image
was created. Any program activations that existed when the image was
created will be preserved.

Don
 
Thank you very much for the info....
Victor
Don MI said:
Your guess is correct.

What you are looking for is an image program like Symantec Norton Ghost or
Drive Image. a Google search will turn up others.
Generally an image program will copy an image to your hard drives to CD, DVD
or another hard drive. If the device you are copying the image to is
external, there may be some compatibity problems between the image program
and the external device. Best to check with programs vendors web site to any
device compatiblity problems.

A image program with either reboot your computer to a version of DOS {not
MS-DOS} to create the image or will create the image from within Windows XP.
Drive Image, for example, will create an image from within Windows XP.
There are those who will not use any image program that does not reboot a a
version of DOS to create the image. I have not had a problem with restoring
an image created within Windows XP {may just have been lucky}. By using a
image program that reboots to a version of DOS, you are assuring that all
files copied have not changed during the image process. The newsletters at
www.langa.com have discussions on both approaches.

Image programs such as Ghost and Drive Image will come with bootable CDs.
You boot your computer with the programs CD and then restore the image. The
image you restored is an bit by bit copy of your drive at the time the image
was created. Any program activations that existed when the image was
created will be preserved.

Don
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